BIG GAME, BIG MONEY, BIG FUN: Super Bowl by the numbers
The 53rd Super Bowl game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, pitting the New England Patriots against the Los Angeles Rams.
SUPER BOWL LIII (53)
- 11th Super Bowl appearance for the Patriots (NFL record)
- 4th Super Bowl appearance for the Rams
- Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the first head coach-quarterback duo with nine Super Bowl appearances
- The Patriots and Rams have met 13 previous times with 8 wins for the Pats and five for the Rams
- The Rams have one Super Bowl title (2000), more than 13 of the NFL’s 32 franchises
- The Super Bowl Bonus each member of the Philadelphia Eagles received last year: $112,000
- Tax bill for the Eagles’ Super Bowl bonuses: $41,000
- The consolation prize give to each member of the Patriots: $56,000
- Third time the Patriots have played in back-to-back Super Bowls (2004 and 2005; 2017 and 2018; 2018 and 2019)
- Tom Brady - QB - New England Patriots. Born Aug. 3, 1977. 41 years old. Has played 19 seasons in the NFL. NFL records: 5
- Jared Goff - QB - Los Angeles Rams. Born Oct. 14, 1994 - 24 years old. Has played three seasons in the NFL. NFL records: 0
- Bill Belichick - head coach - New England Patriots. Born April 16, 1952. 66 years old. 5x Super Bowl champion. 3x AP NFL Coach of the Year (2003, 2007, 2010)
- Sean McVay - head coach - Los Angeles Rams. Born Jan. 24, 1986. 33 years old. Youngest head coach ever in the Super Bowl. No Super Bowl won. AP NFL Coach of the Year (2017)
SUPER BOWL ECONOMICS
- Third time Atlanta is hosting the Super Bowl.
- Cost of hosting Super Bowl LIII: $46 million ($20 million will come from Atlanta business donations)
- Estimated positive economic impact for the Atlanta area: $400 million plus
- Volunteers for the 10 days of Super Bowl LIII activities: 10,000
- Cost of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened in 2017: $1.5 billion
- Price Mercedes-Benz paid for the stadium’s naming rights: $324 million
- Projected average daily spending by Super Bowl LIII tourists: $305
- People expected to attend Super Bowl festivities in Atlanta: 1 million plus
- Uber/Lyft airport pickups in the 10 days leading to Super Bowl LIII: 200,000
- Average daily hotel rate in Atlanta for Super Bowl weekend: $270 (200 percent higher than normal)
TICKET PRICES
- Average price of a Super Bowl LIII ticket on the resale market: $7,166
- Lowest price of a Super Bowl LIII ticket on the resale market: $3,300
- Average price of a ticket to the last five Super Bowls: $5,145
- Highest price ever paid for a Super Bowl ticket: $27,983
PIGGING OUT AT PIGSKIN PARTIES
- Number of people at average Super Bowl party: 17
- Americans who plan to attend a Super Bowl party: 24 percent
- Average calories consumed per person at Super Bowl party: 2,400
- Number of chicken wings that will be eaten: 1.38 billion
- Pounds of ribs sold the week of the Super Bowl: 10 million
- Tons of chips that will be scarfed: 14,500
- Pounds of guacamole that will be downed: 8 million
- Cases of beer sold on Super Bowl Sunday: 51.7 million
- Increase in beer consumption on Super Bowl Sunday: 90 percent
- People who miss work the day after the Super Bowl: 1 in 10
SUPER BOWL ADS
- Cost of a 30-second ad during Super Bowl LIII: $5.24 million
- CBS Sports’ projected ad sales from Super Bowl LIII: $482 million
- 10-year increase in the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad: 96 percent
- Number of viewers who say commercials are the best part: 23 percent
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Number of people who discussed Super Bowl 52 live on Facebook: 62 million
- Twitter followers for the New England Patriots (most among NFL teams): 4.38 million
BIG GAME BETTING
- Money that will be wagered on Super Bowl LIII (record high): $158 million
- Adults likely to bet on the Super Bowl: 31 percent
- Adults who’ve bet on the Super Bowl and lost: 92 percent
- People who say they’d bet on the Super Bowl if it were legal: 29 percent
- Wagers on Super Bowl LIII for New Jersey’s sportsbooks: $100 million (first year gamblers can legally place bets in NJ)
- Number of states that will allow legal betting on the Super Bowl: 8 (Nevada, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia)
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Created by Wallethub.com
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Sources: The data in this report is based on Wallethub projections as well as information from Americangaming.org, Ticketmaster, ESPN, Fox Sports, National Retail Federation, the National Chicken Council and news reports.